Union Trust Co. v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

Holbrook avenue in Detroit runs east and west. It is crossed by the tracks of defendant company. The crossing is in 'an industrial section of the city and there is much switching of freight cars both day and night. About 9 o’clock in the evening of April 24, 1923, plaintiff’s decedent received an injury at this crossing while riding in an automobile driven by an acquaintance, from which injury he died about five hours later. The occupants of the auto mobile were familiar with the crossing. They were driving west. The accident was occasioned by the machine coming in contact with a box car…